Database.EnumObjects Method (DatabaseObjectTypes)

Enumerates a list of objects in the database.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function EnumObjects ( _
    types As DatabaseObjectTypes _
) As DataTable
'Usage
Dim instance As Database 
Dim types As DatabaseObjectTypes 
Dim returnValue As DataTable 

returnValue = instance.EnumObjects(types)

public DataTable EnumObjects(
    DatabaseObjectTypes types
)

public:
DataTable^ EnumObjects(
    DatabaseObjectTypes types
)

member EnumObjects : 
        types:DatabaseObjectTypes -> DataTable

public function EnumObjects(
    types : DatabaseObjectTypes
) : DataTable

Parameters

• types
  Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DatabaseObjectTypes
  A DatabaseObjectTypes object that limits the object types in the returned list.

Return Value

Type: System.Data.DataTable
A DataTable object value that contains a list of objects in the database. The table describes the different columns of the returned DataTable.

Column	Data type	Description
DatabaseObjectTypes	String	The type of database object. See DatabaseObjectTypes enumeration.
Schema	String	The schema associated with the referenced object.
Name	String	The name of the referenced object.
Urn	String	The URN string that represents the referenced object.

Examples

The example runs a Server object enumeration method, but extracting the information from the DataTable object is the same for Database enumeration methods.

VB

'Connect to the local, default instance of SQL Server.
Dim srv As Server
srv = New Server
'Call the EnumCollations method and return collation information to DataTable variable.
Dim d As DataTable
'Select the returned data into an array of DataRow.
d = srv.EnumCollations
'Iterate through the rows and display collation details for the instance of SQL Server.
Dim r As DataRow
Dim c As DataColumn
For Each r In d.Rows
    Console.WriteLine("============================================")
    For Each c In r.Table.Columns
        Console.WriteLine(c.ColumnName + " = " + r(c).ToString)
    Next
Next

PowerShell

$srv = new-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")

$d = new-object System.Data.Datatable
$d = $srv.EnumCollations

Foreach ($r in $d.Rows)
{
   Write-Host "============================================"
   Foreach ($c in $d.Columns)
   {
      Write-Host $c.ColumnName "=" $r[$c]
   }
}

See Also

Reference

Database Class

EnumObjects Overload

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Working with Database Objects

sys.objects (Transact-SQL)

Creating, Altering, and Removing Databases

CREATE DATABASE (Transact-SQL)